Find a chess player who should beat you and offer odds for a two pawn, two move handicap (i.e. you get to remove two pawns, and take two moves before they begin).

As white, remove f7 and g7 pawns. Play e4, Qh5++. Checkmate.

Sure it'll come in handy at some point =)

Roy the IllusionistRegular user
Tennessee, USA
147 Posts

Posted: May 19, 2013 08:42 pm

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That's pretty cool, thanks. About to try it out, we'll see how it works.

Are you watching closely?

george1953Inner circle
Mallorca (Spain)
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Posted: May 21, 2013 05:39 am

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Got togive this one a try, got some chess types I would love to beat for once.

By failing to prepare, we are preparing to fail.

RobertlewisIRVeteran user
Colorado
366 Posts

Posted: Jul 5, 2014 05:03 am

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Depends on how good they need to be to meet the "should beat you" criterion. Most serious chess players are familiar with the Fool's Mate. If you caught them off guard, they might still fall for it, but if it's real wager or even if there's "honor" at stake, I'd expect a serious student of chess to look really carefully at the proposition and likely they'll see through it. I'll have to think if there's another way to accomplish essentially the same thing, because I like the idea of a chess bar bet (and yes, my friends and I are the kinds of people who play chess while out at a bar).

~Bob

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